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Passengers queue to get on the train at Guangzhou Railway Station on Jan. 30, in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. China's Spring Festival travel peak season, or 'chun yun' in Chinese, kicks off today. The traditional Chinese Spring Festival will fall on February 14 this year and the travel peak will last 40 days until March 10. Tan Qingju/ChinaFotoPress/Newscom
Railway passengers pour into the ticket-inspection lane at the Jinan Railway Station in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, on Jan. 30, the first day of China's Spring Festival travel peak. Lv Chuanquan/Xinhua/Newscom
A railway passenger looks at the electronic display panel at the ticket hall of the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, on Jan. 30. Fan Jiashan/Xinhua/Newscom
A passenger sleeps on his luggage at the central railway station in Shanghai on Jan. 29. Philippe Lopez/AFP/Newscom
Armed Chinese police officers stand guard outside a railway station in Beijing on Jan. 31, as the travel rush begins. More than 210 million passengers are expected to crowd China's railways during the upcoming Chinese New Year, as Chinese traditionally return to their hometowns and villages for family reunions with the 2010 travel period stretching from January 30 to March 10. The Lunar New Year falling on February 14. AFP/Newscom
A child eats bread while waiting for the train at Shanghai Railway Station on Feb. 1, in Shanghai China. The world's largest annual human movement began in the country with about 2.5 billion trips expected over 40 days, up from 2.32 billion in the comparable period last year. DFZB/ChinaFotoPress/Newscom
A passenger sleeps on the ground waiting for train at Guangzhou Railway Station on Jan. 30, in Guangzhou. Tan Qingju/ChinaFotoPress/Newscom
Passengers queue up to buy train tickets at the Beijing railway station on Jan. 30. Chinese families traditionally reunite for the Chinese New Year and many who work in urban areas or Special Economic Zones travel home to families in more rural areas. CNImaging/Newscom
Passengers board a train at the railway station in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Jan. 30. Winter break at many Chinese universities is held during the 'chun yun' period and many travelers are students. CNImaging/Newscom
Children are seen through the window of a train at the railway station in Wuhan on Jan. 30. CNImaging/Newscom
Passengers wait for trains at Wuhan Railway Station on Jan. 30, in Chongqing, China. The chun yun period is a huge stress for China's rail and bus infrastructure. CQSB/ChinaFotoPress/Newscom
Paramilitary policemen hold a drill to ensure the safety of railway operation in Shijiazhuang in northern China's Hebei province on Feb. 2. China's railways are expected to carry 210 million passengers during the 40-day travel peak around the most important Spring Festival. Newscom
Passengers are seen waiting for trains at the railway station, in Wuhan on Jan. 30. CNImaging/Newscom
A father and son board a train at the Xining Railway Station in Xining, capital of northwestern China's Qinghai Province, on Jan. 30. Zhang Hongxiang/PTS/Newscom
Passengers read while waiting for the train at Beijing Railway Station on Feb. 1 in Beijing. Da Fa/ChinaFotoPress/Newscom
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The suspected killers of a British soldier in London this week claimed to have acted in response to the West's 'war on Islam' – raising concerns that their view is shared by more European Muslims.
After two men butchered a British soldier in broad daylight Wednesday cameras captured them uttering: "We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” said one.
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